Over many years we’ve been looking at the emergence of “organized networks” as an alternative concept that could counter the social media platform a priori of gathering (and then exploiting) “weak links.”[1] Organized networks invent new institutional forms whose dynamics, properties, and practices are …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op het vinden van een oplossing voor het dalende aantal luisteraars van FunX in de stad Almere. De doelstelling van het onderzoek is om de organisatie een communicatieadvies te geven over hoe ze zich kan positioneren in Almere en welke communicatieuiting daarbij past. De doelgroep …

The quest of organization haunts us. If anarchists were once said to defy authority, nowadays we defy organization. Structures are perceived to hold us back and pin us down with the iron cage of identity. The solidified social limits our freedom with its demand of never-ending “engagement.” How desperate …

This study investigated the influence of personality traits and the differential effect of product categories on brand love. Carroll and Ahuvia (2006) claim that it is relatively easier for hedonic and self-enhancing products to obtain brand love. Nevertheless, in relation to the field of consumer-brand …